Abstract: A simulation device for simulating an operation of a system constituted by a plurality of machines. An operation program is executed by an arithmetic processing unit in a controller of a machine or by an information processing device having a function of analyzing the operation program equivalent to the controller of the machine, to obtain operation command data for the machine. The obtained operation command data of the machine with lapsing time information are received by the simulation device and stored as historical data. Operation programs of all of the machines constituting the system are executed to obtain historical data of operations of the machines, which are united by arranging the data in time series from a start of simultaneous operations of the machines based on the lapsing time information. Images of three-dimensional models of the machines are displayed by animation based on the united historical data.

Abstract: The hinge (13) should preferably be formed to have a higher resistance than ever against the pivoting of the mirror body (12) to effectively prevent the hinge (13) from being damaged. By adopting a suitable one of a variety of production steps as necessary, the hinge (13) can be formed more finely and with a higher precision and thus the micro mirror unit can be produced more easily in a shorter time. To this end, the hinge (13) is formed from a different material, such as SiNx, from the mirror substrate material from which the frame (11) and mirror body (12) are formed.

Abstract: A digital recording system for stereophonic audio signals is disclosed. Included is an MP3 encoder coupled to an ADC for encoding the two channels of digital audio signals into a compressed data stream. Before being directed into a flash memory for editing, the compressed data stream is split into the original two channels of audio data blocks. An editing device is coupled to the flash memory for block-by-block editing of the stored audio data blocks. On being subsequently retrieved from the flash memory, the two channels of audio data blocks are reformatted into an MP3 data stream preparatory to introduction into an MP3 decoder.

Abstract: An optical reproducing apparatus that uses a hologram laser module and is applicable to a DVD Multi drive, wherein five sub spots of light in total that are most suitable to perform the differential push-pull tracking both for DVD-RAM and for DVD-R/RW are irradiated on the disk, respectively, and influence of several sub spots that are unnecessary in recording and reproducing a disk is canceled out by calculation, to realize an optical head that is compatible with the DVD Multi drive using a hologram laser module, and thereby providing a small-size, high-performance optical reproducing apparatus.

Abstract: An optical disk apparatus includes a detector for detecting a data string corresponding to a waveform pattern having a predetermined time width, an ideal signal generator for generating a data string of an ideal signal having a predetermined time width, which corresponds to a data string having the predetermined time width, a parameter calculator for comparing the detected data string with the data string of the generated ideal signal, and determining a waveform compensation amount on the basis of the comparison result, a recording waveform generator for generating a recording waveform pulse on the basis of externally supplied recording data and the waveform compensation amount, and a pickup for irradiating a storage area of the optical disk with a laser beam in accordance with the recording waveform pulse to record the recording data.

Abstract: An apparatus of detecting defects on an optical recording medium includes a defect signal generating circuit for generating a corresponding defect signal according to a surface defect of the optical recording medium, a first synchronous signal generator for generating a first synchronous signal, a defect signal locating circuit, a delay signal generating circuit, and an OR gate. The defect signal includes at least one pulse, whose width corresponds to the physical width of a surface defect. The delay signal generating circuit generates a delay signal corresponding to each pulse when the spacing between two adjacent pulses is smaller than a preset value. An OR operation is performed to the delay signal and the defect signal to obtain a defect extension signal. The first synchronous signal and a second synchronous signal for separating data recording sectors of the optical recording medium are employed to detect widths and addresses of surface defects.

Abstract: An integrated unit in which a light source and a light emitting diode are combined into one component is fixed to an optical bench. Then, relative position adjustment of an objective lens actuator is carried out with respect to the optical bench so that a desired detection signal can be obtained through reflected light from a disk information recording medium and then the objective lens actuator is fixed. The relative position adjustment of the integrated unit is no longer required and it is no longer necessary preliminarily to provide a margin for adjusting the integrated unit. Thus, an optical head can be reduced in size and thickness.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying the type of an optical recording medium are provided. The method includes detecting a surface reflected signal SS and a writable-surface reflected signal SR of an optical recording medium while performing a focus search using a first optical system, counting a time difference DTS between a high peak and a low peak of the surface reflected signal SS, counting a time difference DTR between the high peak of the surface reflected signal and a high peak of the writable-surface reflected signal SR, obtaining DT by substituting DTR and DTS into the following equation: DT = ( DT R ) a ( DT S ) b ? ? ( a - b ? 1 2 ) and comparing DT with a reference time T, and driving the first optical system if DT is greater than T and driving a second optical system if DT is not greater than T.

Abstract: Disclosed is a PLL circuit having a voltage-controlled oscillator, to which a difference voltage across non-inverting and inverting input terminals is input as a control voltage, for oscillating at a frequency in accordance with the control voltage; a phase comparator for comparing the phase of an output signal obtained by frequency-dividing the output of the voltage-controlled oscillator by a frequency-divider, with the phase of an input signal and outputting the result of this phase comparison; first and second loop filters connected at output terminals thereof to the non-inverting and inverting input terminals, respectively, of the voltage-controlled oscillator; and a charge pump, which is responsive to receipt of an UP signal supplied from the phase comparator, for supplying a first charging current from a PMOS transistor to a capacitor of the first loop filter and supplying a first discharge current from an NMOS transistor to a capacitor of the second loop filter, and which is responsive to receipt of a

Abstract: A method and apparatus for modulating multilevel data arrays to make them suitable for storage in multidimensional storage media, such as in holographic storage. In order to get a uniform signal of constant energy at the recording plane, first the multilevel data array, Vout, displayed on a spatial light modulator, has frequent transitions between symbols of different levels, and second it has constant energy. The energy is defined as the summation of the values of the symbols in the data array. The first constraint is achieved using V?in=Vin?qM(q, ZO), where ?q stands for the modulo-q addition operation; M(q, Zo) is a data array with randomly distributed symbols of q levels, where q is the number of levels and ZO is the seed used to generate the random multilevel data array.

Abstract: At the initialization, a tilt mechanism 9 is activated in a state where an optical pick-up 3 is fixed, and set up at a position where an E-F phase difference obtained in a signal processing portion 4 is 180°. Thereafter, a reproducing operation is started. During the reproducing operation, the tilt mechanism 9 is not activated and the focus control is made with the focus servo by moving the optical pick-up 3 up or down, while the level of a focus error signal is within a certain range. Further, if the level of focus error signal is beyond the certain range because the optical disk 1 is greatly inclined, the tilt mechanism 9 is activated to cause the optical disk 1 to come closer to the optical pick-up 3 to enable the control of the focus servo.

Abstract: An information recording and reproducing apparatus (S) is provided with: a first reproducing device (11) for reproducing audio information from a first information record medium (DK), in which the audio information is recorded; a recording device (28) for recording the reproduced audio information into a second information record medium (HD); a second reproducing device (28) for reproducing the audio information recorded in the second information record medium; and a controlling device (6) for setting a recording speed when recording the audio information into the second information record medium and a reproducing speed when reproducing the audio information from the second information record medium such that the recording speed is equal to or higher than the reproducing speed, and controlling the second reproducing device and the recording device so as to perform reproducing the recorded audio information from the second information record medium at the set reproducing speed in parallel to recording the audi

Abstract: A method for dynamically partitioning a memory of a recording medium is disclosed. The memory has a first and second block to store the optimal recording power records for CD-R and the recording power records for CD-RW respectively. The method includes predetermining a ratio of memory spaces of the first and second block and selecting a first or second partitioning method to determine the ratio of memory spaces of the first and second blocks when the ratio is not predetermined.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical information reproducing method of detecting a record mark formed in an optical information recording medium and generating a reproduced signal, comprising the steps of: detecting a mark length of each record mark on basis of a reproduced signal, and correcting the reproduced signal by a correction amount corresponding to the detected mark length, and an optical information reproducing apparatus for detecting a record mark formed in an optical information recording medium and generating a reproduced signal, comprising: a detection circuit for detecting a mark length of each record mark on basis of a reproduced signal, and a correction circuit for correcting the reproduced signal by a correction amount corresponding to the detected mark length.

Abstract: Opto-mechanical adjustment based on sensing the label side of an optical disc is disclosed. The label side of the optical disc is first sensed with an opto-mechanical system. The opto-mechanical system is then adjusted, based on the label side of the optical disc as sensed, for future writing on the label side of the optical disc.

Abstract: A holographic disc recording system for recording, in the form of holograms, information stored on a source disc onto a target disc includes a conical beam shaper which transforms a reference beam into a conical beam having a substantially cylindrically symmetrical shape and including light rays which travel along lines which intersect a beam axis of the conical beam at substantially the same angle with respect to the beam axis. The conical beam is incident on the target disc while the beam axis of the conical beam substantially coincides with a central axis of the target disc, so that substantially all of the light rays of the conical beam are incident on the target disc at substantially the same angle.

Abstract: A recording medium comprises pairs of groove tracks and land tracks provided side by side while being bent periodically, a plurality of land prepits previously formed on the land tracks and carrying information about the groove tracks, and a recording layer formed on at least the groove tracks and the land tracks. The land prepits have a radius of mean curvature smaller than a radius of mean curvature of sides of the groove tracks in land-prepit absent regions of the land prepits and are defined by curved surfaces continuously extending from the sides of the groove tracks. Those sides of the groove tracks which face the continuous curved surfaces of the land prepits are curved surfaces that stricture the groove tracks.

Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus for reproducing information from an optical information recording medium or for recording information onto an optical information recording medium, is provided with a first light source for emitting first light flux having a first wavelength; a second light source for emitting second light flux having a second wavelength, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; a converging optical system having an optical axis and a diffractive portion, and a photo detector; wherein in case that the first light flux passes through the diffractive portion to generate at least one diffracted ray, an amount of n-th ordered diffracted ray of the first light flux is greater than that of any other ordered diffracted ray of the first light flux, and in case that the second light flux passes through the diffractive portion to generate at least one diffracted ray, an amount of n-th ordered diffracted ray of the second light flux is greater than that of any other ordered diffracted

Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus for reproducing information from an optical information recording medium or for recording information onto an optical information recording medium, is provided with a first light source for emitting first light flux having a first wavelength; a second light source for emitting second light flux having a second wavelength, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; a converging optical system having an optical axis and a diffractive portion, and a photo detector; wherein in case that the first light flux passes through the diffractive portion to generate at least one diffracted ray, an amount of n-th ordered diffracted ray of the first light flux is greater than that of any other ordered diffracted ray of the first light flux, and in case that the second light flux passes through the diffractive portion to generate at least one diffracted ray, an amount of n-th ordered diffracted ray of the second light flux is greater than that of any other ordered diffracted

Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus for reproducing information from an optical information recording medium or for recording information onto an optical information recording medium, is provided with a first light source for emitting first light flux having a first wavelength; a second light source for emitting second light flux having a second wavelength, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; a converging optical system having an optical axis and a diffractive portion, and a photo detector; wherein in case that the first light flux passes through the diffractive portion to generate at least one diffracted ray, an amount of n-th ordered diffracted ray of the first light flux is greater than that of any other ordered diffracted ray of the first light flux, and in case that the second light flux passes through the diffractive portion to generate at least one diffracted ray, an amount of n-th ordered diffracted ray of the second light flux is greater than that of any other ordered diffracted